Car Render Challenge 2016 Winners Announcement!

Hello everyone, It’s high time to sum up our car render challenge.

This year the challenge has more strict rules: editors accept works only with 3D environment. Nevertheless 156 artists took part in this competition and its amazing result. There was a bunch of awesome works, a lot of well known names and hours of modeling. The contest came out really creative.

Twelve members of jury, among which sponsors and well known 3D editors and bloggers, had different views on the top-3. Each of them had own favorite works – about eight renders were in leaders, but most of votes got these three winners.

We want to thank all the participants for their very interesting WIPs – it was a great pleasure for us to follow the creative process. We are deeply grateful to everyone who supported our participants.

Well, let’s go!

First place is Nööburgring by Piotr Tatar

Made with using 3ds max, Redshift, Nuke, Mari, Marevelous designer, Zbrush and Photoshop.

Ronen Bekerman:

This one is AMAZING! I really needed that clay to remind me it is 3d :)

In my choices I was looking for story! this one has it all on the technical and realism aspects as well a story of a race… chasing the other car!

We see both a full car from the outside, but also a car from the inside – that is a lot to do and tell in one image… Superb!

Michael Bitsakis:

For the overall idea and photorealism that brings out.

Second place is Inside the inventor’s barn by Lukasz Hoffmann

Made with using Blender, Substance Painter and Photoshop. You can find some images from WIP on the forum (we hope, the author will add more soon).

Third place is Toyota GT86 – Formula Drift by Aldison Ymeraj

Work made with using 3DsMax, Substance Painter, Zbrush, Adobe Fuse, Mixamo, Keyshot and Photoshop. You can find some images from WIP on the forum

We congratulate our winners and will get in contact with them very soon to hand over the prizes and take the information which is necessary for the publication in the magazine.

In addition, we’d like to point out the works of other finalists, which we can’t just ignore and slide round.

Special prize for the best work done with using Quixel Suit gets Rage by Adrián Scolari. You can see his WIP on the forum.

Special prize from PolyBrush for the most creative work gets Final Takeoff by Zacharias Reinhardt.

Special prize for the best work done with using Corona renderer gets Second wind by Evgeniy Shatohin. You can see more images on the Behance.

Special prize from RebusFarm for the best Old-timer gets Classic Barn Find by Andy Stevenson. You can see his WIP on the forum.

Special prize from Exlevel for the best enviroment and plants gets Sunset Country Ride by Rémy Trappier. You can see his WIP on the forum.

To boldly go where no man has gone before by Lukas Walzer, Made with using Blender.

Car Tragedy by Farid Ghanbari. Made with using Maya and V-Ray.

23:46 by Henrik Einloft. Made with using 3ds Max, V-Ray and Nuke.

Jeep shortcut by Igor Dmytrenko. Made with using 3ds max, Substance Painter and Corona Renderer. You can see WIP on the forum.

Meanwhile in Hazzard County by Jochem Aarts. Made with using Maya, Mudbox and Arnold. You can see WIP on the forum.

Desert Express – Ford Escort MKI by Kimmo Kaunela. Made with using 3ds max, ZBrush, Unreal Engine 4, Substance Designer and Marmoset Toolbag 2. You can see WIP on the forum.

Long Exposure by Dušan Ković. Made with using Maya, Mari, Arnold, alShaders, SpeedTree and Zbrush. You can see WIP on the forum.

Route 66 by Chamishka Gamage. Made with using 3ds Max, VRay, Zbrush, Substance painter and Nuke.

For those who like statistics (which software were used by participants):

Would be great to see your comments and thank you all for amazing challenge.

Congrats to the winners! Thanks to the Hum3d team for running this great contest, it was a pleasure to take part. Also, thanks to PolyBrush for picking my entry as the most creative work.

Thanks!
~Zacharias

Ruslansays:

December 6, 2016

Very nice winners! Congratulations!

Luis Larasays:

December 6, 2016

Congratulations to the winners, superb works!

stephensays:

December 6, 2016

To be honest don’t really like the winning entry…and its not a whole car. It’s an interior – slightly off the mark for me. I actually liked the Star Trek merge skyhunter one.

Faridsays:

December 6, 2016

Congratulation to the winners!
Thanks to the Hum3d.com for running this competition and giving us pleasure of being part of this contest.
It was my first time participating in such a big competition like this and I’m happy for being in the 15 top works.
Lets try harder for the next one!

Abdousays:

December 6, 2016

Congratulations for the winners, thank you hum3d for the challenge, looking forward for the next one, and I hope I can do better next time.

Justin Adamssays:

December 6, 2016

Congatulations to the winner. ‘Well deserved prize, but there was some great competition and excellent runners-up. My favourite was the Mini in the barn.

vonwredesays:

December 6, 2016

What a fantastic competition this year!! Awesome level! Congrats to all entries! You are all a heavy pack ;-)

Andy Stevensonsays:

December 6, 2016

Congratulations to the winners & all the challengers!! Its been a great competition to take part in. Thanks to the team at Hum3d for running it & especially to RebusFarm for my “Best Old-Timer” award! :D
Cheers, Andy

jakub1zsays:

December 6, 2016

That was my first time in a 3d competition, chosen works are awesome, I have hope to do something on this level in a future :)

Paul Hawkessays:

December 6, 2016

Congratulations to the winners and honourable mentions. Well deserved all.

Romansays:

December 6, 2016

TNX, hum3D comunity for a nice theme;)

Aramsays:

December 6, 2016

Awesome challenge! To all the winners, Congratulations, all well deserved. And of course some other works really really worth having a prize, but still. Congrats lads!

Jimmysays:

December 6, 2016

The winner might be using CAD data, and of not, using models he did long before the comp. While others scratch modeled everything for the comp I don’t think this is fair for others.

IgorKlintssays:

December 7, 2016

Congrats all! Some of them were really worthy…

Nirosh Bsays:

December 7, 2016

Congrta..winners…So happy2see..our lad.Route 66 by Chamishka Gamage

Rafael Figueiredo.says:

December 8, 2016

Congratulations to the winners !!! I suggest a motorcycle competition.

Aldison Ymerajsays:

December 9, 2016

Thanks Hum3D for this amazing challenge,I am very happy that I take the third place.
Congratulation to everyone that take part on the competition!!

Charles Ukadikesays:

December 11, 2016

congratulations to the winners!!.. It was really great being a part of this, now i realise i have so much to learn. Hopefully, i’ld be one of those being congratulated next year ;)

Wisam bashasays:

December 15, 2016

Congrats .. Amazing Work Guys :) !

Alejandro Castiblancosays:

December 16, 2016

WOW INcredible pieces, you guys are awesome, what a work!!!! congratulations, Im pretty sure was really hard to judges to select a winner there